DU Page River Near Plainfield, IL - 05540290

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March 30, 2025 - April 6, 2025

Gage height, feet

Important Data may be provisional

Latest value

7.69 ft

Provisional

Apr 06, 2025

12:45:00 PM CDT

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7.69 ft

Provisional

Apr 06, 2025

12:45:00 PM CDT

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Statistics for April 6, 2025 based on 14 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2013)

6.82 ft

25th percentile

7.02 ft

median

7.34 ft

75th percentile

8.17 ft

mean

7.68 ft

high (2017)

9.92 ft

Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-06T12:45:00.000-05:00	7.69	Provisional
2025-04-06T12:30:00.000-05:00	7.70	Provisional
2025-04-06T12:15:00.000-05:00	7.71	Provisional
2025-04-06T12:00:00.000-05:00	7.71	Provisional
2025-04-06T11:45:00.000-05:00	7.71	Provisional
2025-04-06T11:30:00.000-05:00	7.72	Provisional
2025-04-06T11:15:00.000-05:00	7.72	Provisional
2025-04-06T11:00:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T10:45:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T10:30:00.000-05:00	7.74	Provisional
2025-04-06T10:15:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T10:00:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T09:45:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T09:30:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T09:15:00.000-05:00	7.73	Provisional
2025-04-06T09:00:00.000-05:00	7.74	Provisional

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3 data types available - data from 2011-01-06 to 2025-04-06

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Gage height, feet

2011-01-06 - 2025-04-06

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2011-01-06 - 2025-04-06

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Precipitation, total, inches

2011-09-24 - 2025-04-06

Daily data

3 data types available - data from 2011-01-05 to 2025-04-05

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Discrete sample data

110 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1977-11-14 to 1997-05-05

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Biological	Water-quality	1988-07-28	1988-07-28
Information	Water-quality	1977-11-14	1997-05-05
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1980-10-07	1997-05-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1977-11-14	1997-05-05
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals	Water-quality	1978-01-05	1997-05-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1977-12-02	1997-05-05
Microbiological	Water-quality	1977-11-14	1997-05-05
Nutrient	Water-quality	1977-11-14	1997-05-05
Organics, other	Water-quality	1977-11-14	1989-04-06
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1977-11-14	2025-04-06
Sediment	Water-quality	1988-07-28	1988-07-28
_n/a	Peak Measurements	2011-07-24	2024-07-16
_n/a	Site Visits	1984-10-30	2024-12-30
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2012-01-01	2024-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05540290 is associated with a Stream in Will County, Illinois. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1977 are available online.

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	05540290	_n/a
Site name	DU PAGE RIVER NEAR PLAINFIELD, IL	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	414125.6	_n/a
DMS longitude	0880959.2	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.69044444	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-88.1664444	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Illinois	17
State	Illinois	17
County	Will County	197
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	SESENES14 T37N R9E	_n/a
Name of location map	NORMANTOWN, ILL	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	610.00 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.04 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Des Plaines	07120004
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20100927	_n/a
Drainage area	220.00 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	N	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	00100	_n/a

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DU Page River Near Plainfield, IL - 05540290

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